| The Human Argument: The Writings of Agnes Denes Contributor(s): Denes, Agnes (Author), Ottmann, Klaus (Editor) |
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ISBN: 088214569X ISBN-13: 9780882145693 Publisher: Spring Publications OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | American - General - Art | Individual Artists - General - Psychology |
| Dewey: 709.2 |
| LCCN: 2008008499 |
| Series: Spring Publications |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.05 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The American conceptual artist Agnes Denes investigates science, philosophy, linguistics, psychology, art history, poetry, and music. A pioneer of ecological art, Denes's work involves ecological, cultural, and social issues. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ottmann, Klaus: - Klaus Ottmann is a philosopher, writer, and curator based in New York. He has written numerous essays on art, design, and philosophy, and is the author of The Genius Decision: The Extraordinary and the Postmodern Condition; The Essentiala cents Michelangelo; The Essentiala cents Mark Rothko; Wolfgang Laib: A Retrospective; and James Lee Byars: Life, Love, and Death. He is the curator of the sixth SITE Santa Fe international biennial, which takes place between July and December 2006.Denes, Agnes: - Agnes Denes has had over 300 solo and group exhibitions on fourcontinents, including documenta 6 (1977) andthree Venice Biennales(1978, 1980, and 2001)and "Master of Drawing" Invitational at theKunsthalle in Nurnberg (1982). In l992 she had a major retrospectiveat the Herbert F. Johnson Museum at Cornell University. Her works arein the collections of, among others, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Whitney Museum ofAmerican Art. |